Belleville in Essex County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Victory

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 5, 2011

1. Victory Marker

Inscription. Erected in honor of the seven hundred Belleville men who served in the World War and in perpetual memory of those of their number who gave their lives in the service and whose names are here inscribed:

William Charles S. Bain, Jr. • Harry Benjamin Blekicki Smith • Carmine Caruccio • Edward Joseph Crowell • Gregory McPherson Davey • George Eyre • Michael Augustine Flynn • Harry Melvin Garside • Henry Charles Hoag • George John Kalvio • Edward Joseph Kane • Charles McGinty • Thomas Joseph Mooney • Charles Edgar Morgan • Michael John Murray • Charles Aloysius Schaffer • George Stuart Smith • William Thomas Smith • Fred W. Stockham • George A. Younginger

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I.

Location. 40° 47.183′ N, 74° 9.182′ W. Marker is in Belleville, New Jersey, in Essex County. It is on Washington Avenue (New Jersey Route 7) north of Belleville Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located in front of Belleville Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Belleville NJ 07109, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey,

in Greater Newark,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 150th Anniversary of Belleville (a few steps from this marker); Christopher Columbus (a few steps from

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this marker); Belleville First Fire House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Josiah Hornblower (approx. 0.2 miles away); Belleville Reformed Church Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Revolutionary War Soldiers Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); School Number One (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Peter's Church (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belleville.

More about this marker. The monument consists of a female figure holding a shield containing the marker text. The statue stand atop a granite pedstal inscribed with the word “Victory.”

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 5, 2011

2. Victory Marker

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 5, 2011

3. Victory Marker

Marker at Belleville Town Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 5, 2011

4. Marker at Belleville Town Hall

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 972 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 5, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.